RAMSEY – Each Rams batter reached base at least once, and junior Tyler Pryor and sophomore Tylor Knisley allowed just two hits last Friday, as the Ramsey High School baseball team defeated Mulberry Grove, 7-0, for third place at the Ramsey Tournament.

Pryor did not overpower the Aces – recording just three strikeouts in four innings – but he let his defense make plays behind him, inducing three pop-ups and six grounders.

Knisley struck out three in two innings of work to close out Ramsey's first win of the season.

The Vandalia High School football team on Friday night opens its season at East Alton-Wood River.

Vandalia, which finished last season 4-5 and defeated the Oiliers, 24-21, with a last-second field goal in week one, return several starters this season, including senior running back Levi Ulmer and senior linebacker Blake Mills.

They, combined with the rest of the veterans, are expected to build a strong core that will allow the Vandals to better their 2010 record and move back into the top half of the South Central Conference.